Sexy as duck: New York sex writers announce monthly visitor

I admit that I shouldn’t feel offended – but I am – to have not been asked to pose for the The New York City Sexbloggers 2009 Calendar. I am not female, I am not from New York, and I don’t so much write about sex as inspire it. Furthermore, whereas there is a sex blogger on every corner in New York, a Los Angeles sex writers calendar probably wouldn’t make it past March without going into repeats.

Is it because people are too busy having sex here to waste time writing about it (zing)? Is it because people here can’t spell “calendar” (counter-zing)? No, it is because people in Los Angeles do not note the passing of time. The weather stays the same for 11 months of the year, then gets slightly hotter and people’s houses burn down. At that point a calendar is a low priority.

Proceeds from calendar sales will benefit the Sex Work Awareness Project, an organization that trains sex workers in media skills and educates the public about issues that affect people who work in the sex industry.

I talked with four of the New York calendar girls, the zesty Jamye Waxman, the frank Audacia Ray, the delicious Rachel Krame Bussel, and the imperious Lux Altpraum.

Gram: How did you choose a costume?

Lux Altpraum: “Choosing a costume” was more “scanning my closet for something flattering and sexy and then quickly grabbing it.” I went with an old standard: black bustier and black frilly booty shorts.

Rachel Kramer Bussel: I kinda left my costume planning to the last minute and relied on Victoria’s Secret, inspiration, and the instructions to “wear the highest heels you can find.” But then I decided that since I write about spanking, why not get spanked for the calendar?

Audacia Ray: This was pretty much a no-brainer for me. I’m wearing a custom ceramic that was made for me by Nicole Moan, whose corsets I modeled a few years ago at a fashion show at the Black & Blue Ball. It’s not as uncomfortable as you might think, but it’s cold as duck when I first put it on. I’ve got a big poofy black skirt on my bottom half (thrift store find)

Gram: Did you say ‘cold as duck‘?

Jamye Waxman: I chose Wonder Woman because who doesn’t want to be Wonder Woman? Originally I was just going to be dressed like a rainbow, but then I thought, I’ve dressed up as Wonder woman before for Halloween and she’s sexy, smart, badass and a lot of guys’ and girls’ fantasy lay, so why not be her every day for a whole month in calendar form? I sexified Wonder Woman’s outfit though. I gave her frilly blue panties and a bikini top, and some thigh-high stockings and made her my own.

Gram: I will make YOU my own!!!

Among the other writers featured are Diva, Elizabeth Wood, Mariella, Riese, Sinclair Sexsmith, Tess Danesi (pictured, with photographer Stacie Joy), and Twanna A. Hines. The calendar was organized by Danesi.

Gram: Is the New York sex writer world a close-knit community? Were there any new faces at the calendar photo session?

Ray: I think we’re sort of tight knit, but there are definitely cliques within cliques — professional writers versus people who do it for fun, BDSM people versus “vanilla” people, etc. The whole calendar project was actually dreamed up to help heal some of the tension that was brewing in the NYC sex blogger community during the late summer.

Gram: Wouldn’t you think that 12 sexual dynamos could think of some way to relieve tension?

Waxman: The New York sex blogging world may not be small, but those moving and shaking the loudest definitely know each other. I’m probably not even considered a sex blogger by most of the people who read these other bloggers’ blogs (phew that’s a lot of blogs in there), but I do think that we all try to help each other out. If we don’t stick together, then the world and the city feel a lot lonelier.

Bussel: I hadn’t met one of the bloggers, but did know everyone else. It’s a pretty small world which I think made it more fun.

Altpraum: A lot of the women in the calendar are good friends of mine, though I don’t claim to know/be BFFs with every sex blogger in the city.

Gram: Well, now that you’re the newly-minted editor of Fleshbot, I imagine you will be getting baubles, little tins of salmon, perfume, and student loan deferments from a host of new BFFs.

Waxman: I think its the idea of putting the face and body with a name. We can, if we want to, hide behind our computers when we write about sex, but now we’re putting our sexy selves out there for you to masturbate to. Wait, I didn’t mean masturbate, I meant pontificate over. And you can now see some of the body behind the brains.

Gram: I am horrified by this objectification of women. Can’t you have done a word a day calendar? All this flesh. I feel like I’m drowning. Flesh. Bustiers. Flesh. Cupcakes.

Bussel: Spanking.

Gram: What is so appealing about someone else in the calendar that would make you go out and buy it if you weren’t a sex blogger yourself?

Ray: I am always very amused by Jamye, and it’s really worth seeing her outfit and her over the top expressions. It cracks me up just thinking about it. People who are fans of Tess will be excited to see her face for the first time.

Altpraum: Jamye Waxman as Wonder Woman is one of the most adorable/sexy things I’ve seen in my life.

Ray: Jamye kept her costume on all day.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Jamye Waxman, the Female You; In the Flesh wants your sex; Audacia goes the extra mile
See also: New York City Sexbloggers 2009 Calendar, Lux Altpraum, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Audacia Ray, Jamye Waxman, Sex Work Awareness Project